Mexico: Achiote, another alternative to boost the economy of families in the Yucatan countryside

Published 2022년 1월 4일

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The government of Yucatán, led by Mauricio Vila Dosal, is promoting the cultivation of over 300,000 achiote plants to benefit producers in the state. This initiative, part of a $5 million investment, aims to improve the quality of life of rural families and boost the economy. The project also has environmental benefits, including combating deforestation and improving soil health. The achiote plants will be distributed to farmers, with an initial batch of 100,000 already distributed, and the government is in talks with local companies to ensure the purchase of the harvest. The achiote plant is a crucial ingredient in Yucatecan cuisine.

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GOVERNMENT OF YUCATÁN PRESS ROOM. Its commercialization, mainly for the food, pharmaceutical, textile and cosmetic industries, will improve the quality of life of producers. Merida Yucatan. As one more alternative to improve and reactivate the economy of the families of the Yucatecan countryside, the government of Mauricio Vila Dosal promotes the cultivation of more than 300 thousand achiote plants, which after their commercialization, mainly for the food, pharmaceutical, textile industries and cosmetics, will improve the quality of life of producers throughout the State. The head of the Rural Development Secretariat (Seder), Jorge Díaz Loeza, explained that, as part of the start of this new scheme, in which five million pesos are invested, and that he will be coordinating together with municipal presidents and workers in the field , the distribution of more than 100,000 specimens of this species has already begun, in various demarcations of the entity. Similarly, the official ...

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